Throughout history, tattoos have been used to beautify the body, inscribe symbols onto the skin, mark out ethnic identity and express spirituality. Despite widely respected religious taboos ...

Rich with meaning and history, the markings represented a style of facial tattoo once found across rural communities in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet as Al-Arashi grew older and learned ...

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but there were always unseen obstacles and concerns regarding societal dissaproval that hindered them from doing it," Dawood told Middle East Eye. "The very few Egyptians that I did give tattoos ...

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Kayhan Kiani, a self-made millionaire and refugee, is expanding his tattoo studio INK'D London to the Middle East, becoming the first licensed tattoo studio in the region, offering premium ...

Rich with meaning and history, the markings represented a style of facial tattoo once found across rural communities in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet as Al-Arashi grew older and learned ...